The symbolic contact battle resulted in the loss of thirty-one cavalrymen, twelve of whom were killed by random arrows, fifteen who died in the charge of breaking the formation, and four who were too panicked after falling into the water and were swallowed by the Anhui River.
However, the overall combat power of Liu Xun's men is relatively weak. The ability to break the sky is second-rate. The crossbowmen are not bad, and their accuracy and penetration are not bad.
At the same time, he was timid and inexperienced, and his response after breaking the formation was very stiff.
It was already dark when they returned to the military camp. Lu Bu and others sat around the campfire roasting the leg of lamb. Gao Shun first reported the battle damage clearly, and then analyzed Liu Xun's story.
After completing all the procedures, Gao Shuncai glanced at Lin Mo who was silent and said with a bit of displeasure: "If this battle was not blocked by the Wanshui River, we would definitely break through Liu Xun's front today to show off his glory."
Lin Mo just raised his eyes and looked at Gao Shun without saying anything, but everyone present could tell that Gao Shun had some complaints about this marching route.
"General Boping, it actually makes sense for Yunwen to choose this route. Liu Xun must have known that the Anhui River was blocking our cavalry, so he dared to abandon the city and fight with our army in the wild. This should also be Yunwen's plan. One." Lu Su threw a piece of dry wood into the bonfire and explained.
"According to Gongtai's marching strategy, Liu Xun may not be able to bear it by going to Yangquan to encircle the enemy for reinforcements." Gao Shun was not satisfied with this explanation and fell into depression watching the jumping Mars.
It's already here, why are you still holding on to it? Lu Bu was immediately dissatisfied and wanted to reprimand him. After all, he was the one who gave the order. Was he dissatisfied with his son-in-law or himself?
Before he opened his mouth, he met Lin Mo's eyes. The latter shook his head slightly. Lu Bu swallowed back the words and then remembered the education class.
He picked up the sizzling leg of lamb in front of him and handed it to Gao Shun, "Thank you for your hard work, Boping."
Gao Shun was a little stunned. Based on his understanding of Lu Bu's character, shouldn't he have to scold him?
After he took the leg of mutton, Lu Bu said in a deep voice: "I have a red rabbit horse. Crossing the river is like walking on flat ground. After resting, I will personally lead the troops into the battle and let Liu Xun know the sharpness of Fang Tian's painted halberd."
"Marquis Wen is so brave, how can a child like Liu Xun be fooled?" After Gao Shun finished speaking, he quietly bit into the leg of lamb in his hand without saying any more.
At this time, Lin Mo finally spoke, "There is no need for the father-in-law to come out lightly, the son-in-law is already prepared."
"Oh? What preparations?" Lu Bu looked at him with interest.
"We specially brought thousands of burlap bags with us on this trip. Tomorrow we can send sergeants upstream to load sand and gravel to block the Anhui River. This should reduce the impact on the cavalry."
"Okay! Okay! Okay!"
Lu Bu said three good words in a row, raised his sword eyebrows, and said quite proudly: "I knew you wouldn't choose to go to Wansui for no reason. It turned out that I had been prepared for it."
"Why didn't you take it out yesterday?" Gao Shun was really angry when he thought that it took more than 30 riders to rush into the formation today.
"It's not over?" Lu Bu couldn't help it this time and turned to glare at Gao Shun.
Even Gao Shun, who was not afraid of life and death on the battlefield, couldn't stand the oppressive feeling caused by the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, so he immediately lowered his head and ate the leg of mutton honestly.
Lin Mo had a black line on his face, Father-in-law, you are a little too protective of me.
Just after he finished speaking, Lu Bu felt that he was not calm enough. Didn't he ask for a bowl of water as promised? He immediately stood up and kicked Gao Shun, "Let's go, take me to the camp to see the injured brothers."
After the two left, Lin Mo, Lu Lingqi and Lu Su were left alone by the bonfire. Lu Su felt that he was a little redundant, so he hurriedly followed them.
"General Gao has a straightforward personality and is upright. He can't hide his words, but he has no bad intentions." Lu Lingqi looked at the sparks jumping on the bonfire as an explanation and as a comfort.
"Not only is he an upright man, but he is also a loyal warrior under the command of my father-in-law. How could I argue with him?" Lin Mo smiled indifferently.
You know, he is the only one among his generals who would rather follow Lu Bu to death than surrender. You can't find such a person even with a lantern, so why bother about it.
What's more, Lin Mo knew very well that Gao Shun was just discussing the matter, not himself.
If you want to establish an undeniable prestige in the military camp, it is not enough to rely on Marquis Wen's virtuous son-in-law. You must either rely on the accumulation of corpses under the halberd like Lu Bu, or like Han Xinxing's troops to win a decisive victory thousands of miles away.
Lin Mo knew that this road was still long.
"Actually, I also want to ask you, since you have already prepared the sand and gravel to block the water, why didn't you take it out yesterday?" Lu Lingqi tilted her head and looked at Lin Mo.
"Because I couldn't take it out yesterday..." Lin Mo sighed, quite helpless.
"Is there any difference between yesterday and today?"
"It's really different."
Lin Mo stretched and said casually: "Believe me, just wait patiently."
"Father believes in you."
So, you don't believe me? Lin Mo frowned slightly and looked at Lu Lingqi, whose reddish complexion was reflected by the bonfire.
She didn't explain, but continued: "Besides, didn't Mr. Lu say that you chose this road to lure Liu Xun out of the city?"
"Actually, Zijing is only half right."
Lin Mo picked up a piece of roasted mutton and handed it to Lu Lingqi, "With my father-in-law's current reputation, I won't lose this battle no matter how hard I fight.
However... there is a huge disparity in strength between us and Cao Cao. I hope to reduce casualties as much as possible in this battle, so as to gain more confidence against Cao Cao in the future. "
The battle in front of her was not over yet. He was actually planning for the future. His thoughts were indeed far-reaching. Lu Lingqi felt more and more that she couldn't figure out the man in front of her who was about the same age as herself. "What do you mean, there will be fewer casualties in the decisive battle here?"
Lin Mo nodded and said nothing. He raised his head and looked at the pitch-black sky. After a long time, he murmured: "I hope you won't keep me waiting for too long."
Then he stopped talking and ate the roast mutton dully.
Without the chili pepper and cumin, the flavor is half as bad.
Every time like this, he would think of his dream of sailing, chili, roasted sweet potatoes, roasted potatoes...
The next day, according to Lin Mo's arrangement, three thousand sergeants took burlap bags to the upper reaches and started to cut off the flow.
It is of course impossible to completely dry up the Anhui River, but as the water level drops, the river section next to Liu Xun's camp is only knee-high, and the river bed and cobblestones are even exposed at higher elevations.
"Lübnas must have intercepted the water upstream! It seems that this man still has some brains and wants to take advantage of the geographical advantage." Liu Xun squatted by the Wanshui River and was a little annoyed. What a good geographical advantage, is it just gone?
I heard that he had a son-in-law who was quite talented. This was probably his idea, Liu Ye thought in his mind.
"Report!"
A scout quickly ran up to Liu Xun, "Lü Bu's cavalry was found fifteen miles away, no less than a thousand cavalry, coming towards our army!"
Isn't the purpose of blocking the Wanshui River to waste away the advantage of the land? Liu Xun was not surprised at all by the arrival of these cavalry, and immediately shouted: "Order three thousand troops to meet the enemy!"
With so few people coming from the other side, it would be a shame for Liu Xun not to fight. In fact, he wanted to earn back some face.
Moreover, even if the Wanshui River cannot drown people now, the cavalry cannot form a charge here, and the geographical advantage has been reduced, but it still exists, so naturally they are full of confidence.
However, after learning from the previous lesson, he also understood the bravery of Bingzhou cavalry and knew that swordsmen and axemen were not enough. This time, the three thousand soldiers and horses were composed of 1,500 spearmen, 1,000 crossbowmen and 500 shield soldiers. .
"The reward for killing a knight is ten gold! If the rider is taller, double the reward!" Liu Xun personally put on armor and supervised the battle, and issued a reward order.
There must be a brave man under a heavy reward. After hearing the amount of the reward, the soldiers were all gearing up and eager to try.
